Romanticism and the rise of English - Elfenbein, Andrew (Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2009)
Introduction : the dust of philology -- Purifying English -- Romantic syntax -- Bad Englishes -- Sounding meaning -- Sentencing Romanticism -- Afterlives : philology, elocution, composition.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-264) and index.
Keywords: English language -- 18th century -- Usage; English language -- 19th century -- Usage; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; English philology -- History; Romanticism -- Great Britain